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What a waste of money!! (Where is the money coming from anyway?)

Posted By sneakycat

Posted On: Jan 14 2009 3:23PM

January 13, 2009, 6:45 pm Bush Declares State of Emergency for Inauguration( By Sheryl Gay Stolberg) It’s true, President Bush sounded alarms about Barack Obama during the campaign season. On Tuesday, Mr. Bush went one step further: He declared Mr. Obama’s inauguration an actual emergency. The declaration, though, was not a political statement about Republicans being run out of town. Rather, it was a bureaucratic move intended to provide additional federal money to help the District of Columbia cope with the massive crowds that are expected to turn out for the swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 20 that will make Mr. Obama the nation’s first black president. The government has already set aside $15 million to help the District pay for security and medical personnel. But the District’s mayor, Adrian M. Fenty, asked for more money on January 7, citing possible crowds of 1.5 million to 2 million and “the associated stresses that would place on the city’s capabilities, particularly the medical community,” said Scott Stanzel, a spokesman for Mr. Bush. Mr. Bush granted the request as “a precaution,” Mr. Stanzel said; if the District needs the money, it can apply for reimbursement through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The declaration will also allow federal public health workers to join in the public safety effort. The president’s power to declare a state of emergency is typically used after hurricanes, floods or other natural disasters, although Mr. Stanzel said presidents have occasionally declared emergencies in advance of an anticipated event. But never before, he said, has an advance emergency declaration been used for a “non-disaster.”

Good Grief!!!!!!!!!!

Posted By Peter Griffin

ID#: 10014

Posted On: Jan 14 2009 3:35PM

Now if god forbid something happens because some nut job is a racist or something. They will blame Bush for the attack, lol. I do agree this is a waste of money. How bout Obama shows real change and not have this instead just have some little get together in the oval office with a couple of cameras.

Posted By Marilyn

ID#: 17747

Posted On: Jan 14 2009 4:01PM

Another source of wasteful spending that I just read about is the Obama's REDECORATING the White House! Why does each president's wife think they have to spend thousands and thousands of dollars redecorating the White House. Where's the money coming from? The US is broke and owes trillions to China, but the Obama's can redecorate the White House? This really fries my grits!!

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Obama's inauguration set to be the most expensive in US history

The $150m (£102m) cost of the celebration will dwarf the amount spent on George Bush's inauguration in 2005